Orthodox Church leads protest against Montenegro pride
Hundreds of people gathered Friday for a protest prayer led by the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro against the holding of an LGBTQ pride march this weekend.
President, PM chide Turkey over migrants
Both Greece’s president and prime minister pointed Friday to Turkey’s role in letting ships packed with migrants sail from its coast, often in perilous conditions.
Central Athens traffic restrictions to return on Oct 10
A measure aimed at reducing traffic in downtown Athens, by which cars with license plates ending in an odd number can enter the city center on odd days of the month and those with even numbers on even days, is set come back into effect on Monday, October 10.
Ethnic Bulgarian group’s name stirs anger in North Macedonia
Hundreds of people protested Friday in the North Macedonia’s southern town of Ohrid against the opening of the cultural club named after King Boris III.
Elderly man picks up tab, kills self
A 90-year-old man killed himself Tuesday, hours after picking up the tab for all the patrons at a cafe in the village of Palaiochori Dorieon, according to local media.
Tension at Golden Dawn appeal hearing
The hearing of appeals by dozens of members of the now-defunct neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party convicted over the 2013 murder of leftist rapper Pavlos Fyssas, among other crimes, continued on Friday in a tense session that became even more stormy when the lawyer of the only defendant in the courtroom gave a Nazi salute.
Exports jump 70% in August
Rise in exports in first eight months of the year accompanied by increase in imports and widening of the trade deficit during the same period
Jumbo’s 9-month sales rise 11% annually
The Jumbo Group ended the year’s first nine months with an 11% increase in sales, as it recorded positive performance in all countries in which it operates, except for Romania.
New process for ship firms in Cyprus
The plenary of the House of Representatives in Cyprus unanimously passed a law on Thursday that provides for the establishment of a one-stop-shop framework for shipping companies.
Sitel opens MAXhub in Athens
Sitel’s MAXhub in Athens, the company’s first service center in Greece, was officially inaugurated on Thursday.